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Paymo

Affordable time tracking software with project management and invoicing.

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Paymo is a work management platform for independent professionals and small teams that handles client work from start to finish: tracking time, organizing tasks and projects, collaborating with clients and colleagues, and issuing invoices and estimates to get paid. It brings these functions into one connected system, with profitability tracking to monitor project margins, employee performance, and client profitability.

Core capabilities include time tracking with real-time active timers and automatic tracking via Paymo Track, task management with Kanban boards, to-do lists, spreadsheets, and calendar views, plus Gantt charts, team scheduling, leave planning, custom workflows, project templates, and milestones. Collaboration features include guest and client portals, task comments with mentions, and file proofing with version control. Invoicing and payments cover estimates, expense tracking, recurring invoices, and online payments. Paymo offers desktop and mobile apps, an API, and integrations with Google, Google Calendar, Zapier, Slack, QuickBooks Online, Typeform, Make, PomoDone, LambdaTest, Rethink, and Shift.

Paymo is aimed at consultants, creative and marketing agencies, architecture firms, software and engineering firms, educational institutions, and freelancers. It offers a free plan limited to one user, a Solo plan for one user, and a Plus plan priced per user, with a 15-day free trial that does not require a credit card.

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